In this situation, CuteEditor will generate the following HTML code:

 

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Hello World testtest</span>

 

Instead of the nested HTML code like this:

 

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Hello World</span> testtest..</span>

 

 

 

It's the best solution we can find to help our client to generate clean HTML/XHTML code. Hope it helps.

 

If you don't agree this solution, please check Editor.UseFontTags Property.

 

And set Editor.UseFontTags Property to true and use font tags instead.

Editor.UseFontTags Property

Font tags are now deprecated, meaning that they aren't used any more and will cause validation errors. Many legacy pages still contain style information in font tags. By default Cute Editor converts font tags to span tags. <font face="times" size="4" color="#ffffff">your text</font> would be replaced with <span style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 110%; color:#ffffff">your text</span> If you still want to use font tags, you can set this property to true.

 

>>For example...the drop down boxes (for css class, inline style etc) are all squished up to about 10px wide each on my implementation

 

If your site online so you can provide an online example? I have no clue now.